11/04/2026
Norwich, GB 10 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

MIKE ‘LOFTY’ CARR, aged 101

A surveyor who joined the LRDG fighting the Axis powers in North Africa, he had many exciting exploits before becoming a POW and making a dramatic escape.

GERTRUDE WRIGHT, aged 99

A proficient linguist, she survived the bombing of her home city, fled from the Red Army, became a translator and teacher and built a school in the Himalayas.